![]() ![]() You can go so long talking to someone over the phone, but when it comes to meeting them in person- their personality is different, it’s awkward, it’s nothing like you imagined. The thing that I’ve come to realize about social media is that none of the connections made over it alone are real. Looking beyond myself and my own growth, my relationships have also improved. ![]() ![]() Because looking back, how sad is it that I would waste that much time trying to preserve my day’s crusty makeup for Snapchat when I could have been putting in hours of nourishment and attention to improving my long term looks. My routine before bed and in the morning changed to focus less on my appearance and more on making my hair and skin glow. Because there was less to occupy my boredom and encourage my habits of procrastination, I felt more inclined to work on homework, exercise or hang out with friends in person.Īlong with this opening of my schedule, I realized so many opportunities for self improvement and self care. The first and most immediate effect that I noticed was the amount of free time I suddenly seemed to have. While there was a single reason for me to get rid of the app, I never anticipated how much it would benefit every aspect of my life, including my physical and mental health. I was fed up with one specific situation, and decided I needed to separate myself from it completely. Not to mention the alarming screen time reports that my parents questioned me on every week, without failure. I was worried about where people were and what they were doing without me, the list goes on. I was worried about taking off my mascara in case I needed to snap someone goodnight. I was worried who was responding to me, and more so, who wasn’t. I began to think about all of the things I was stressed about in my life, and (with an exception for math and physics class) I found that it all stemmed from my attachment to my phone and the “people” in it. All of my friends, my connections, my hobbies seemed to come out of the screen. Not even a month ago, I would have told you that I simply could not survive without Snapchat. It’s easy to admit, though, that these are real addictions. We hear day in and day out from adults that don’t understand us that social media is bad. ![]()
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